Beach sandal construction



Dec. 23, 1941. s BAB|NHAK 2,266,732

BEACH SANDAL CONSTRUCTION Filed April 25, 1940 INVENTOR As p/zen fiaba'ncfuz/t upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Patented Dec. 23, 1941 v UNITED STATE 5 PATENT OFFICE nsaon SANDAL ooas'rauo'rron Stephen Babinchak, New York, N. Y. Application April as, 1940, Serial No. 331,561 (01. 36-115) 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a beach sandal, and it particularly relates to a beach sandal construction of wood.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved wooden sole beach sandal construction which may be readily used for outdoor beach wear as well as for indoor wear, and which will not have the inflexibility characteristics of wooden sole slippers or shoes.

Another object is to provide another improved beach sandal construction having a relatively flexible sole, although constructed of wood, and which will not be readily distorted or broken when used on uneven or ticularly in outdoor or beach wear.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the more detailed description set forth below, it being understood, however, that. this more detailed description is given by way of iilustration, since various changes therein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, it has been found most satisfactory according to one embodiment of the present invention, to form the heel and sole of the shoe of wood, but to articulate the sole by splitting the wood forming the same into a plurality of sections.

The upper face of the forward portion of the sandal is recessed and in said recess is inserted a heavy piece of rubber, or, less preferably, leather. The rubber is nailed at intervals or tacked to the sole sections at points adjacent and removed from the edge of the split wooden elements.

Desirably the flexible leather or rubber strip is inset so that its upper face will be flush with the interior face of the sandal construction.

In the drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the present invention to which the invention is, however, by no means restricted,

Fig, 1 is a top plan view ofa sandal construction according to the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view in side section fragmentary bottom view of the the sandal of Figs. 1 and 2, upon a reduced scale as compared to Figs. 1

and 2.

irregular surfaces, parvided with the foot engaging straps J. The wooden base B, C, and D of the sandal is preferably cut out so as to have a smooth interior face, indicated at II, II and II, with the sole portions E, F and G being recessed as indicated at II, II and I5.

This recess is made of such depth as to correspond to the thickness of the piece of leather or, more preferably, heavy rubber It. The upper surface ll of the rubber i8 is flush with the surfaces [0, II and i2, and is nailed in positions removed from the splits and 2|, as indicated at I8 and It. The leather, or more preferably, the rubber I8, is also nailed or tacked into position closely adjacent the splits 20 and II, as

indicated at 22, 23, 24 and 25.

- As is indicated best in Fig. 2, the spacing of the splits 20 and II is uniform from the top to the bottom of the split.

In the rear strap arrangement, there is one strap 34 which extends over the back of the heel and is tacked at each side at 35 to the bridge C of the sandal.

This strap receives, by the eyelet 38, a strap 31 which is designed to extend over the instep of the slipper. If desired, a buckle may be provided at 31 adjacent the outside of the sandal construction. The provision of the front crossing Although the beach sandal is shown strap arrangement J is quite important in relationship to the split sections E, F and G.

It is found important to have the straps 38 and 39 extend entirely over the middle section F. A slotted or interlaced connection between the straps is preferably provided at 40.

The ends of the strap 88' are connected at II and 42 respectively, to the sections E and (3 adjacent the lines of tacking l8 and it, best shown in Fig. 1. The strap 38 is tacked at ll and 44 to the sections E and G, respectively, adjacent thelines of attachment I8 and I9.

By this crossing strap arrangement extending over the middle section F, which is flexibly mounted in respect to the sections E and G, a

.most comfortable sandal construction is obtained, which is most satisfactory for beach or other outdoor wear.

Although it is stated that the sole construction A is preferably of wood, it may also be made of molded plastic materials, such as Bakelite, Lucite, Tenlte and so forth.

Desirably, there isonly one middle section F.

which is relatively narrow and extends obliquely and longitudinally but a short distance across the ball of the foot.

as being made of wood, it can bermade oi any plastic material. Moreover-the heel section B may also be made of other shapes and terms. and made oi cork, a composition, or or rubber, as the may be.

The connecting piece it, which is shown being of rubber, may be also made of leather or any other flexible material, and such piece may be attached to the elements B, C and D by hand tacking or machine tacking or by screws or even by adhesive or wedge connections.

Many other changes could be eilected in the particular features or beach sandal construction disclosed, and in specific details thereof, without substantially departing from the invention intended to be deiined in the claim, the specinc description herein merely serving to illustrate certain elements by which, in one embodiment, the spirit or the invention may be eilectuated.

What-is claimed is:

A beach sandal construction having a still, huwy, substantially unilexible sole composed of only three sections separate from one another and having limited flexibility downwardly, the

aaeeysa connections having do not contact with one another, one section constitutingtheheelandtheinstep,aseoondsection constituting the toe, and the third relatively narrow intermediate section being located between and spaced from said first and second sections tor the i'ull width of the sole and extending obliquely across the ball portion of the sandal; said sections being connected together by a hes" strip of a flexible material e entirely across said third section and recessed into the adjacent marginal portions only of the upper faces of the first and second toe and heel sections respectively and forming the only means of connection between said third section and said toe and heelsections, and interlaced croued straps extending between the toe section and the heel section without attachment to the intermediate section, the spaces between said separate section having parallel walls whui said sandal is in nor- S'IEPHEN BABINCHAK.

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